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The American Broadcasting Company has formed a number of production companies since its formation in 1943 and under various parent companies and owners up until the present day under ownership by the Walt Disney Company. ABC Film Syndication, or ABC Films, was ABC's syndication distribution arm from 1953 to 1971 when the FCC passed the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (best known simply as the fin-syn rules). As a result, ABC Films was sold to 5 of its former executives and changed name to Worldvision Enterprises. ABC's current primary production company is ABC Signature.
A number of production companies were formed under Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Capital Cities/ABC Video Productions (both were reorganized and absorbed into ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group, which changed name to Disney Media Distribution in 2011 and currently Disney Platform Distribution since 2020 upon Capital Cities/ABC's merger with Disney), Ultra Entertainment, the Hemisphere Group and DIC Entertainment.
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Greengrass Productions
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Parent | ABC Entertainment |
Greengrass Productions, Inc. is a production company of ABC Entertainment, a division of Disney General Entertainment Content.
Greengrass Productions was incorporated in California on February 10, 1992.[1] On June 7, 1996, due to the merger with Disney, Capital Cities/ABC indicated that its ABC Productions division operations would be shut down while keeping its boutique production companies: Victor Television Productions, ABC/Kane Productions, DIC Entertainment and Greengrass Productions.[2][3] Greengrass was transferred from ABC Productions to ABC Entertainment.[4]
Filmography
- TV series
| Title | Years | Co-production with | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police File[5] | 1992 | Skyvision Entertainment and Grosso-Jacobson Entertainment | unaired TV pilot; co-production |
| Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa[6] | 1992–1993 | King World Productions, Gunther-Wahl Productions (season 1), Ruby-Spears Enterprises (season 2), Flextech Television and Mini Mountain Productions | Currently owned by WildBrain |
| Wild Palms | May 16–19, 1993 | TV mini-series | |
| Street Match | 1993 | Goldin-Sachs Entertainment Group [7] | |
| Bump in the Night | 1994–1995 | Danger Productions | Currently owned by WildBrain |
| On Our Own | 1994–1995 | Lightkeeper Productions, de Passe Entertainment, Miller-Boyett Productions and Warner Bros. Television[8] | |
| A Whole New Ballgame | 1995 | Bungalow 78 Productions and Universal Television[9] | |
| Extreme | 1995 | Alan Barnette Productions and Universal Television | |
| Hypernauts | 1996 | DIC Entertainment | Currently owned by WildBrain |
| Champions of Magic | 1996–1999 | 3 specials[10] | |
| Over the Top | 1997 | Katlin/Bernstein Productions, Panamort Television and Columbia TriStar Television[11] | |
| The Best Commercials You've Never Seen (And Some You Have) | 1998–2002 | 7 specials | |
| Storm of the Century | February 14–18, 1999 | TV mini-series | |
| Extreme Makeover | 2002–2007 | Lighthearted Entertainment | |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition[12] | 2003–2012 2020 |
Base Camp Films, Hoosick Falls Productions, Endemol USA | |
| The Great Christmas Light Fight | 2013–present | Fremantle | |
| Big Fan | 2017 | Smo King Baby, Banijay Studios North America | |
| Boy Band | 2017 | Matador Content | |
| Battle of the Network Stars | 2017 | El Dorado Pictures | |
| Child Support | 2018 | Banijay Studios North America | |
| Castaways | 2018 | Nomad Entertainment | |
| The Alec Baldwin Show | 2018 | El Dorado Pictures | |
| Holey Moley | 2019–2022 | Unanimous Media, Eureka Productions | |
| Encore! | 2019–20 | Olive Bridge Entertainment, Leading Laidy, Jason Cohen Productions | |
| Don't | 2020 | Maximum Effort, Banijay Studios North America | |
| Emergency Call | 2020–2021 | 8HOURS Television | |
| The Chase | 2021–present | ITV Entertainment | [13] |
| Pooch Perfect | 2021 | ||
| The Ultimate Surfer | 2021 | Pilgrim Media Group, WSL Studios | |
| Judge Steve Harvey | 2022–present | East 112, Den of Thieves | |
| Who Do You Believe? | 2022 | All3Media America, Lime Pictures | |
| The Final Straw | 2022 | Walt Disney Television Alternative, Omaha Productions, B17 Entertainment | |
| Claim to Fame | 2022–present | Walt Disney Television Alternative, Kinetic Content | |
| Generation Gap | 2022–present | Kimmelot, Milojo Productions, MGM Television | |
| Back in the Groove | 2022 | ||
| The Parent Test | 2022–present | ||
| The Prank Panel | 2023–present | ITV America, Kimmelot |
- Movies and specials
| Title | Date | Co-production with |
|---|---|---|
| The Parsley Garden | March 27, 1993 | White Sneakers |
| Rhythm and Jam: Rhythm & Rap | September 18, 1993 | |
| Rhythm and Jam: Melody & Harmony | September 25, 1993 | |
| Betrayed by Love | January 17, 1994 | [14] |
| Money Made Easy: The ABC Kids' Guide to Dollars and Sense | April 2/9, 1994 | Paley/Price Productions |
| The Secret Garden[15] | November 5, 1994 | DIC Entertainment, Kalisto Ltd. Currently owned by WildBrain |
| World's Funniest Commercials | November 9, 1994 | Woody Fraser Enterprises |
| Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | February 25, 1995 | Ruby-Spears Productions |
| The Secret of Lizard Woman | November 12, 1995 | |
| Put to the Test | April 29, 1996 | [16] |
| Sex with Cindy Crawford | September 22, 1998 | [17] |
| Tom Clancy's NetForce | February 1, 1999 | Cates/Doty Productions |
| Runaway Virus | January 29, 2000 | [18] |
| Quarantine | August 5, 2000 | |
| The 2000 Radio Music Awards | November 4, 2000 | Tall Pony Productions, Radio Dogs, Inc. |
| Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2001 | November 15, 2001 | [19] |
| Challenge America with Erin Brockovich: Miracle in Manhattan | December 21, 2001 | [20] |
| Stephen King's Rose Red | January 27, 2002 | Victor Television Productions, Mark Carliner Productions |
| The Best TV Shows That Never Were | August 16, 2004 | [21] |
| Encore! | December 10, 2017 | |
| Mickey's 90th Spectacular | November 4, 2018 | Don Mischer Productions |
| Live in Front of a Studio Audience |
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Sony Pictures Television, Act III Communications, Kimmelot Production Company, Smoking Baby Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions |
| The Little Mermaid Live! | November 5, 2019 | Done and Dusted |
| The Disney Family Singalong | April 16, 2020 | Done and Dusted[22] |
| The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II | May 10, 2020 | Done and Dusted |
| The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | May 12, 2020 | |
| VOMO: Vote or Miss Out | September 14, 2020 | |
| The Disney Holiday Singalong | November 30, 2020 | Done and Dusted |
| The Queen Family Singalong | November 4, 2021 | Done and Dusted |
| The Magic Maker | November 25, 2021 | |
| A Very Boy Band Holiday | December 6, 2021 | |
| Step Into...the Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough | March 20, 2022 | |
| Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter | September 22, 2022 | |
| Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration | December 15, 2022 | |
| Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong | February 1, 2023 |
Lincoln Square Productions
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | TV |
| Genre | Documentaries, docudramas and talk shows |
| Predecessor | ABC News Productions |
| Founded | January 8, 2003 |
Key people | Morgan Hertzan[23] |
| Brands | Robin Roberts Presents |
| Parent | ABC News (Disney General Entertainment Content) |
Lincoln Square Productions, LLC (LSP) is a television production company owned by ABC News that produces non-fiction content, such as documentaries and talk shows.
- History
Lincoln Square Production was formed as a limited liability company on January 8, 2003.[24]
Lincoln Square had previously produced a series known as Watt's World, about journalist Nick Watt traveling to find "little-known places and sub-cultures", in development for the Travel Channel as of Scripps Networks Interactive's upfront event in April 2014.[25] On October 30, 2014, the long-running talk show The View was transferred to Lincoln Square Productions from ABC Entertainment's Times Square Studios after struggling in ratings and a change in hosts.[26]
In January 2015, Lincoln Square had signed a production deal with Christine Connor's XCON historical docudrama company.[27] For A&E channel, Lincoln Square agreed to produce four specials in 2015 starting with Cosby: The Women Speak.[28] The company agreed in July 2018 to produce films by Robin Roberts under the banner "Robin Roberts Presents" for A&E's Lifetime channel.[29] On April 10, 2019, a slate of 10 unscripted series including Rogue Trip from Lincoln Square Productions was revealed for Disney+.[30] Production of Rogue Trip was later taken over by National Geographic.
- Programs
- A&E Biography: Jodie Foster (2005)
- The Assets (ABC) January 2, 2014 - August 3, 2014[31]
- Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak (Discovery)[26]
- Final Witness (ABC) a seven-episode true-crime series that premiered June 27, 2012[32]
- Mustang Millionaire (National Geographic Channel)
- NY Med (ABC)
- Surgeon Oz (OWN, 2014-2015)
- The View (ABC) October 30, 2014—present[26]
- Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals (Investigation Discovery, 2015) nine-episode season 1[33]
- “Next Step Realty: NYC” (ABC Family, 2015) a documentary series that follows the Next Step Realty employees in their specialty of finding recent college graduates apartments[34]
- 20/20: In an Instant (ABC; 2015–2018) (with Committee Films)
- 9/11: As We Watched (American Heroes Channel) Tuesday, September 6, 2016
- Capturing Bin Laden (American Heroes Channel) September 7, 2016 [35]
- The End of America: Putin's Master Plan working title (History) Biography brand 2 hours special[36]
- Grace vs. Abrams A&E series (March 29, 2018-) Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams debating infamous crimes and legal cases[37]
- Cosby: The Women Speak A&E special (September 17, 2015) [28]
- Robin Roberts Presents (Lifetime) telefilm series in which each film would have a companion documentary. Roberts would be an executive producer along with Linda Berman for the films and John R. Green for the documentary.[29]
- untitled Mahalia Jackson drama written by Bettina Gilois and documentary[29]
- The Last Defense (2018) (with Xcon Productions and JuVee Productions)
- Reversing Roe (2018) (with UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and Break Thru Films) Netflix, 99 minutes; Directors, screenwriters, producers and narrators: Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg[38]
- 1969 (2019)
- Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022) (co-production with Tremolo Productions)[39]
Freeform Studios
| Freeform Studios | |
| Formerly |
|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Television |
| Founded | August 14, 2007 |
Key people | Jayne Bieber (SVP, Production Management and Operations) |
| Parent | ABC Family Worldwide Inc. |
Freeform Studios, the DBA of ProdCo, Inc., formerly known as ABC Family Productions, later Freeform Original Productions[40] is the in-house production company of ABC Family Worldwide Inc. for original scripted series.[41]
Programming executive Linda Mancuso died in December 2003. In early 2004, Disney Channel original programming leaders, executive vice president of original programming and production Gary Marsh and original movies VP Michael Healy took over ABC Family's original movies unit. They moved away from the planned romantic comedies to green light two telefilms, Crimes of Fashion and Head Rush.[42]
ProdCo was incorporated on August 14, 2007.[43] Jayne Bieber was hired as vice president of production in 2010. As of June 2015, Bieber is Vice President, Production Management and Operations, ABC Family over seeing ProdCo.[41]
In October 2015, ABC Family, ABC Studios and ABC Signature signed a two-year production deal with McG's production banner, Wonderland Sound & Vision. Prior, McG had just put two series in at ABC Family.[44] In January 2016, ABC Family changed its name to Freeform.[45]
Filmography
- Television films